Bloch, Marc Leopold Benjamin

1886 - Born on the 6th of July in Lyon to a Jewish family, the son of the professor of ancient history Gustave Bloch.

1936 - He went to the university at Strasbourg; he succeeded Henri Hauser as professor of economic history at the Sorbonne.

1924 - Published one of his most famous works Les rois thaumaturges: étude sur le caractère surnaturel attribué à la puissance royale particulièrement en France et en Angleterre (sometimes translated in English as The magic working kings or The royal touch: sacred monarchy and scrofula in England and France).